Madromys blanfordi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Millardiini
Genus: Madromys
Species: Madromys blanfordi

Name

• Madromys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881)

Holotype: BMNH 80.11.11.54, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Kadapa, Madras[=Andra Pradesh],” India.

Combinations

• Mus blanfordi Thomas, 1881: 24 [original combination]
• Rattus blanfordi: Ellerman, 1841 [name combiantion]
• Madromys blanfordi: Sody, 1941: 260 [name combination]
• Cremnomys blanfordi: Misonne, 1969: 126 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1881. Description of a new species of Mus from southern India. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 7(37): 24. DOI: 10.1080/00222938109459467 BHL Reference page. 
• Sody, H.J.V. 1941. On a collection of rats from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions (with description of 43 new genera, species, and subspecies). Treubia 18(2): 255–325.
• Misonne, X. 1969. African and Indo-Australian Muridae, evolutionary trends. Museum Royale de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Zoologie, Series 8, 172: 1–219.

Links

• Madromys blanfordi in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Madromys blanfordi  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: White-tailed Wood Rat, Blanford’s Rat